An 18-year-old Claire City man arrested and accused of having weapons and the makings for explosives wrote that he wanted to “cause as much chaos, death and destruction as possible and become the world’s most infamous sociopath for the rest of mankind,” according to court documents.
Joseph Thomas Hansen would have been a senior at Sisseton High School in northeastern South Dakota. [...] Hansen allegedly told co-workers at a day care in Sisseton that he had enough fireworks to blow up Sisseton, and the first day of school would be a short one, according to the court affidavit. The comments were relayed to Casey Metz, the school resource officer. He said in the affidavit that officers have observed Hansen’s behaviors through the past two years. Last year, a computer teacher notified Metz that Hansen was caught looking up articles on the school computers regarding the Columbine massacre before the anniversary date.
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Also included in Hansen’s writings were notes regarding which law enforcement agencies would respond to a shooter and descriptions of the body armor, weapons and equipment of officers. Hansen noted the areas not covered in body armor.Other writings talked about killing family members and included a list of people he wished to torture and kill, including 30 females he would kidnap, torture and rape. He wrote he would like to use a bowie knife and “gut them like a pig.”
“When a person is insane, as you clearly are, do you know that you’re insane? Maybe you’re just sitting around, reading “Guns and Ammo”, masturbating in your own feces, do you just stop and go, “Wow! It is amazing how fucking crazy I really am!”? Yeah. Do you guys do that?”
— David Mills (played by Brad Pitt) in the movie, Se7en
I’m not terribly concerned about this one in a million lunatic that usually gets caught anyway.
What I am concerned about is the thousands of the mentally “unhinged” conservatives and teabaggers that are waiting to get pushed over the edge by Beck and Palin.
Dallas==that is the heart and soul of this issue isn’t it.
Yes, who knew when Raygun closed all the psychiatric hospitals he was actually forming a political party?
Silly Hoomans.
Whatthe hell is a school resource officer and why would they have reported it to him?
Bobbo, Dallas:
I find myself once again amazed at both the dichotomy of insight and occasional narrow-mindedness in some of your comments-
You essentially blame this young man’s psychosis on Beck and Palin?(or at least link it to them) I think you give them far too much credit. How about shitty parenting? How about a public school system that fails in so many ways to encourage, empower, provide (positive)discipline and God Forbid *educate* our kids?
Bobbo, you are absolutely right about who the heroes are here-unfortunately it seems to be the exception rather than the rule in our schools.
So many DUers are flaming the teabaggers (they are easy targets to be sure)
Funny, they haven’t been burning cars, or looting, or smearing re-fried beans on public buildings. Look at the last 20 years and I think you will find those sorts acts have been committed by completely different demographics…
When peaceful assembly is looked on with suspicion-when wanting the government to stay out of our homes, sacred places and retirement accounts is seen as “mentally unhinged” and when reading “Guns and Ammo” is likened to porn I would say you define reality with a paradigm so far from mine I wonder if we even could be the same species.
At least Bobbo’s jokes are funny…sometimes
#24 “…You essentially blame this young man’s psychosis on Beck and Palin?..”
Nope. How you came to this conclusion is very concerning. How did you do on the verbal portion on the SAT’s? The opposite. This guy is a lunatic and there is little explanation as to how he got that way.
OTOH, the important point (which you missed), is there are thousands of unhinged out there (left and right) that simply need a little “encouragement” from public figures to justify irrational acts. THAT is is the point. Teabagger leaders calling on the death of the president comes to mind. No?
“..many DUers are flaming the teabaggers..”
Yes. Add me to that list. See above last sentence.
“At least Bobbo’s jokes are funny…s..
Maybe my awesome jokes are over your head?
#22 Yes. that is the real issue and threat in front of us.
The simple minded sheeple will merely look at this news and say “Oh my, how awful! Where was his mommy? Did he get raped or molested? We need to hire more cops to catch these monsters!”
Dallas: my bad-I thought you were implying that this nutter was pushed over the edge by some rhetoric by a talking head. 700ish but that was in 1989. And yes, that one was funny. Modestly.
btw-I’m pretty sure if any individual was caught on tape threatening the life of the POTUS, it would be on every major news service, regardless of their political bent. And that individual would wake up later that day with a knee in their back and a 9mm stuffed in their ear. Teabaggers, ignorant or not, have been decidedly non-violent. So many folks hate them if there was any evidence of large scale violence or violent rhetoric, it would be on tape and a matter of public record. If they were “hate rally’s” as the left would love to have us all believe, that too would be on tape. *Everywhere*
#27–Party (you really should get it started)== you should look into yourself to find out why you give the TeaParty so much leeway. “Usually” we see too much of ourselves in the reviewed group to stand apart objectively. I’ll reread what Dallas and You are differing on but in my view the TeaParty “IS” dangerous not because they START WITH a few good ideas like “We are Taxed Enough Already” (debatable!), and move thru “Allow Healthplans to compete cross State Lines” (again debatable) but wind up with: “Bargain for your surgery by offering chickens” (NOT DEBATABLE–AND A TRULY CRACKPOT NOTION THAT HAS TOO MUCH CREDIBILITY/APPEAL IN OUR POLITICS.
I could go on with many more examples, of course, as I am sure you could as well, if you would apply your critical faculties.
That said, I have to wonder if you think half my humor falls to an issue I am totally serious about and you think I’m joking??? Ha. Ha. Could be??? Most of my intentional humor isn’t available to people who can’t see their own failings and thats a small group, and too much of that gets wrapped up in my own caustic aggressiveness.
What?? Times up. Get off the couch–Oprah is on.
Fer Instance: I am totally serious that too much of our “crime problem” is lack of social services and wouldn’t society be much better off with happier better adjusted people and fewer whacked out criminals? (The subject of this thread.) — and —- I’m totally serious that JB (the house of dyslexic sexual pleasures) is resisting his better nature.
In your defense, I don’t think Dallas’ humor is above your head, I think it is below your belts. A place most of us choose not to go?
Pedro?
#21 Based on behavior they seem to be vastly saner and much nicer than than you or your buddies are. When they left the mall it was clean. Nobody got arrested. A very diverse group got together and prayed for the nation and its leaders then they quietly went home to work for a better future. One in which people are judged based on their character and work ethic, not their race or gender.
A world in which everyone has a chance to be all they can be and grab the brass ring of success rather than being changed to a life on the doll waiting in line for the politicians to give out handouts.
#27 Party .. Agreed. I try to make my comments fact based and/or provide for a rational opinion from the left of center.
Warning! Comments are regularly focused on posts that highlight right wingnutt hypocrisy and delivered often “below the belt”!
Are you new? We have quite the motley crew here.
# 28 bobbo, “Bargain for your surgery by offering chickens”
I do not accept chickens. Or MasterCard. I do have an appraiser on call so feel free to bring jewelry or old gold.
#31–Animby, sitting there with two cans and a string==whats “old Gold?” You witch doctors do have your ways. I’d think you could get what you would be worth by scavenging (gold) from the teeth of your suboptimal results?
#27–Party all night, sleep all day==I DO make all my comments fact based from the philosophical center of all that is good and just. That puts me far left on social issues and far right on fiscal issues. It results in postings that find both political parties fundamentally flawed and worthless. If those posting here formed a crew, the boat would have sunk a long time ago.
#32 Bobbo : “Suboptimal”???
Suboptimal–What? You haven’t been to advanced charting? How to write pages and pages and not say anything? What have you spent your continuing education on? That remark was probably over the line but it fit so well. I’m just a cheap shot artist unfamiliar with the truth.
I guess I was just too subtle.
With the expanded name I posted under, I meant there could be NO suboptimal results. Just different income lines on the corporate balance sheet.
Apparently, I am capable of suboptimal humor.
Animby, Two Cans and No String==well, I did take it as “Cradle to Grave” services but never thought you would charge for your suboptimal results, so yes I did miss that aspect of the revenue stream. It does make sense what with not charging for every aspect of care being seen as an admission of negligence. Do you charge separately for glucose as a meal like the Veterans Hospitals?
Bobbo – only for diabetics.